trade
French, verb
trade is spelled T-R-A-D-E (5 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trade is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, tradé is a different word: “past participle of trader”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pratiquer le trading”.
What does trade mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of trader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pratiquer le trading. 2. Vendre ou acheter.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trade
- tradée feminine
- tradés masculine plural
- tradées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is trade in French?
trade appears 3.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).